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 *
 *  Copyright (c) 2011, AstroDAbis
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package org.jiscinvolve.astrodabis.mallow.model.api;

import org.jiscinvolve.astrodabis.mallow.model.jpa.ManagedObject;

/**
 * Public interface for a Tag.
 *
 */
public interface Tag
extends ManagedObject
    {
    /**
     * The Tag name regular expression.
     *
     */
    public static final String NAME_REGEX = "[a-z0-9.-]+" ;

    /**
     * The Tag name.
     *
     */
    public String name();

    /**
     * Get the Tag description.
     *
     */
    public String text();

    /**
     * Update the Tag with data from a TagBean.
     *
     */
    public void update(TagBean bean);

    }

